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HLN updates support for COVID-19 and other vaccine groups in its Award Winning ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster
HLN released a new version (v1.37.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). Version 1.37.1 includes significant updates to the COVID-19 vaccine group to align ICE with the latest immunization recommendations. Version 1.37.1 also includes updates to the Hepatitis B, Orthopoxvirus, and Pneumococcal vaccine groups.
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ONC HITAC Public Health Data Systems Task Force Releases Recommendations
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) approved the recommendations of its ad hoc Public Health Data Systems Task Force. Check out the specific comments of the recommendations.
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Draft TEFCA Facilitated FHIR Implementation Guide: A Public Health Perspective
The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) project released a Draft TEFCA Facilitated FHIR Implementation Guide. Get a public health perspective here.
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2022 HL7 Working Group Meeting Continues to Advance a Public Health Agenda
HLN team attended the 2022 HL7 Working Group Meeting and participated in several workgroups and focused on the Public Health Workgroup, where key presentations were given by members or visitors to the public health working group about USCDI+, North Star Architecture, MedMorph, and Helios.
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ONC Launches Public Health Data Systems Task Force
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) launched the 2022 Public Health Data Systems Task Force as a subcommittee of the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC).
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HLN updates support for Monkeypox vaccine in its Award Winning ICE Open Source Immunization Forecaster
HLN released a new version (v1.36.1) of the Immunization Calculation Engine (ICE). ICE is a state-of-the-art open source software system that provides clinical decision support for immunizations for use in Immunization Information Systems (IIS), Electronic Health Record (EHR), and Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems.
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